John Byrom ( 1692 - 1763 )

Birth: Kersal Cell, Broughton, Lancashire, England (29 February 1692) Death: 26 September 1763 Profession: Philosopher and Poet Education: Merchant Taylors School; Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1711/2), MA (1715); Incorporated at Oxford (1723); Montpellier Career: Became a socialite in Georgian London, philosopher, a prolific hymn writer and poet, inventor of a new system of phonetic shorthand writing, and an active and secretive Jacobite spy.